Keep home server on 8.04 or move to 10.04?

[samalex]

He Guys --

We moved about 8 months ago and before that we were in an apartment for about 3 months as they finished our house. I'm just now getting my old home server set back up, but given it's running Ubuntu 8.04 I'm debating on whether to wipe and reload with 10.04 or just leave it as-is at 8.04.

It runs fine for what's on it, so just curious if on the server edition there are any huge advantages that might warrant a move to 10.04? Also note I like to stick with the LTS versions, so moving to 10.10 isn't an option for me.

Take care ..

Sam

[jerenept]

He Guys --

We moved about 8 months ago and before that we were in an apartment for about 3 months as they finished our house. I'm just now getting my old home server set back up, but given it's running Ubuntu 8.04 I'm debating on whether to wipe and reload with 10.04 or just leave it as-is at 8.04.

It runs fine for what's on it, so just curious if on the server edition there are any huge advantages that might warrant a move to 10.04? Also note I like to stick with the LTS versions, so moving to 10.10 isn't an option for me.

Take care ..

Sam
There is no good reason to switch to 10.04, that i can see. If it works for you, use it.

[snowpine]

If 8.04 Server works OK for your needs, it will be supported until April 2013.

[CharlesA]

There is no good reason to switch to 10.04, that i can see. If it works for you, use it.
+1


If 8.04 Server works OK for your needs, it will be supported until April 2013.

+2.

If there isn't anything in 10.04 that you want to use, stick with 8.04.

[themarker0]

Don't fix what isn't broken, my dads home server is running Freebsd 4.x

[Sporkman]

If 8.04 Server works OK for your needs, it will be supported until April 2013.

...and you only need to worry about the support cutoff if the server is internet-facing, otherwise security updates aren't as important.

[NCLI]

I second everything written above. 10.04 is a great stable server release, but if 8.04 is working for you, there is no reason to switch yet.

[kevin11951]

I vote moving to Debian Stable... I have had numerous problems with Ubuntu (especially 10.04), but Debian Stable has never failed me.

[stmiller]

10.04 has ext4, if that matters.